GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has sympathised with the management and staff of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) over Wednesday’s fire incident at Radio Nigeria Broadcasting House, Ikoyi. The fire incident happened on Wednesday evening and…
TWO US lawmakers have introduced a bill into Congress that seeks to withhold federal aid to universities that engage in a commercial boycott of Israel. The Protect Economic Freedom Act, introduced on Tuesday by Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx and Democratic Congressman Josh…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, accompanied by Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady, arrived in Paris on Wednesday evening for a three-day State Visit to fortify Nigeria-France relations. Touching down at Orly Airport around 5.10 p.m., Tinubu was welcomed with full military honours…
THE Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. MG Oamen, has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Tincan Island Port Strategic Command of collaboration in combating illicit drug trafficking. This is according to a statement by…
THE United Kingdom on Wednesday said a new Visa Application Centre (VAC) has been opened in Ikeja, through its new commercial partner, VFS Global. The British Deputy High Commission, which made this known in a statement, said it was the…
THE Republic of Germany organised a seven-day basic training course for operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Abuja. Mrs Annett Gunther, the German Ambassador to Nigeria, speaking at the opening session…
Alhassan Yahaya, the National Deputy President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has emerged as the new National President of the union. He won the election with 436 votes, defeating Dele Atunbi, the outgoing National Treasurer, who secured…
FORMER Nigeria’s Head of state and elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has explained why he championed the creation of 12 states in Nigeria while he was in office as head of state. Gowon said that the rationale was aimed…
INTERNATIONAL cocoa buyers have made more than half a billion dollars in upfront payments to Ghana’s state-run marketing board, Cocobod, as part of efforts to secure supplies and avert further financial losses. This follows an abrupt overhaul of the country’s cocoa marketing…
MALI’S junta has arrested four employees of Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold, marking the latest in a series of detentions of foreign mining workers amid escalating tensions between the government and international mining companies. Barrick Gold confirmed the arrests on Tuesday, stating that the…
